Editor’s Note: When we partnered with American real estate company Douglas Elliman to present Brooklyn’s 20 Best Blocks, we wanted to make sure that this came from a sincere place—so we�...
https://www.bkmag.com/2018/02/26/20-best-blocks-in-brooklyn/
Summer may be coming to an end, but it’s not too late for some al fresco feasting. Here we bring you the best places in Brooklyn to picnic in style and the provisioners who should be packing yo...
It may have struck a blow to our bathing suit bodies, but NYC beach fare sure has come a long way. So forget about packing a sandwich, and squirrel away some sunscreen and singles instead, for sp...
Will Brooklyn’s original hot dog please stand up? For almost a century, Nathan’s has enjoyed a largely unchallenged run as the inventor of the frankfurter. But as Brooklyn history aficionados...
https://www.bkmag.com/2017/04/13/feltmans-nathans-hot-dogs-coney-island/
It’s safe to say that Coney Island’s nostalgic glory wouldn’t be possible without its biggest advocate: Dick Zigun, Founder of the Mermaid Parade. As the founder of CONEY ISLAND USA, the ar...
https://www.bkmag.com/2017/03/13/brooklyn-100-influencer-dick-zigun-mermaid-parade/
Reel Brooklyn is a monthly column chronicling the definitive history of Brooklyn on-screen, one film—and neighborhood—at a time. A pulp legend onto itself, Walter Hill’s 1979 The Warriors ...
https://www.bkmag.com/2017/02/06/reel-brooklyn-warriors-coney-island/
Ever since a German gentleman named Charles Feltman debuted a “red hot” cart on the Coney Island boardwalk back in 1867 (and was eventually, enduringly succeeded by one-time apprentice, Natha...
https://www.bkmag.com/2016/06/30/brooklyns-best-hot-dogs-coney-island-williamsburg/
You’ll often hear New Yorkers identify themselves as New Yorkers before Americans, Brooklynites before Americans—probably vegans before Americans. Yes, you know who you are. Perhaps this hesi...
https://www.bkmag.com/2016/06/30/best-places-watch-4th-july-fireworks-brooklyn/
Reel Brooklyn is a biweekly column chronicling the definitive history of Brooklyn on-screen, one film—and neighborhood—at a time. Kings County paleontologists have swooned over Morris Engel�...
https://www.bkmag.com/2016/06/20/reel-brooklyn-little-fugitive-coney-island/
On Saturday morning, ten of my co-workers and I (and 27,400 other people) got out of bed a lot earlier than we wanted to and packed ourselves into a corral along Eastern Parkway. After getting t...
https://www.bkmag.com/2016/05/23/important-things-learned-running-brooklyn-half-marathon/